<VV> Venting on knobs and clustering

[airvair at earthlink.net]

You think the '65 options brochure was inaccurate, try the '67 options
brochure. It's absolutely hysterical!

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Venting on knobs and clustering
>  
> In a message dated 2/28/2009 12:16:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Oh, and  I might add that the 500's didn't get a matching glove box 
surround
> applique and box door. The door and surrounding metal of the dash  panel
> were painted the interior  color.
>
> -Mark
>
> By the way, the  
> photos and data for things like Brochures and shop manuals, etc. were
often  based 
> on pre-production examples and early mock-ups. Because something appears 
in a 
> brochure or options catalog, doesn't mean it actually was built that way.

> There are many examples. The most obvious being the air-conditioning 
equipped 
> Corsa dash in the 1965 options brochure. Data from cars owned,  while
subject 
> to 40+ years of possible owner "enhancement" (and memory failure)  is
still 
> probably more relevant than the original brochures.  
>  
> Seth  Emerson